Unidentified Subject: Figures before a Palace or Temple — Francesco Allegrini | DiscoverArt

Francesco Allegrini

Unidentified Subject: Figures before a Palace or Temple

1624–63

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over a little red chalk. Framing lines in pen and brown ink on mount

13.4 × 17.9 cm (5.3 × 7 in)

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